What is the Master of Laws (LLM)?
Our Master of Laws (LLM) offers a unique experience and education for professionals needing highly relevant expertise in key areas of law, along with practice of particular relevance to the modern financial and business world.
You can select from our specialist legal electives to build your own LLM. With flexible full-time and part-time study options, you can undertake an LLM at any time in your academic or professional career.
Why study the Master of Laws (LLM) with BPP?
Learning in our London Holborn study centre, in the heart of legal London
Teaching by leading experts, with almost all our tutors having at least one doctorate and practical experience in several jurisdictions
Practice Ready Modules help to enhance your employability in a legal context
The option to undertake an LLM at any time in your academic or professional career with flexible study options
Gain practical legal work experience by working with real clients through our award-winning Pro Bono Centre
A choice of eight LLM award specialisms
What will you learn on the Master of Laws (LLM)?
The Master of Laws is delivered by a range of international experts and guest lecturers, from leading academics, researchers, judges, officials and practitioners from various legal systems. In addition, each LLM specialism is led by professional lawyers with extensive knowledge and practical experience in that subject area.
Their experience gives you valuable insight into the legal system, helping you to not only apply theory to practice but also network and connect with those in practice.
LLM specialisms
- LLM award options
- LLM in Financial Regulation and Compliance
- LLM The Law Relating to Fraud and Financial Crime
- LLM in Chinese Investment and Business Law
- LLM in Transnational Criminal Justice
- LLM in International Business Law
- LLM in Islamic Finance and Business Law
- LLM in Comparative Commercial Law
- LLM in Commercial Law
- LLM modules, structure and assessment
To qualify with an LLM, learners are required to study the following:
- Core module – the module bearing the name of their selected course (must be studied in Term 1 or 2)
- 10,000 word dissertation – must be written on the core module topic
- Three elective modules – selected from the options below
The only exceptions to this are as follows:
- LLM Chinese Investment and Business Law – two core modules (Chinese Business Law, Chinese Finance and Investment Law), 10,000 word dissertation, and two elective modules
- LLM Islamic Finance and Business Law – two core modules (Islamic Business Law, Islamic Finance Law), 10,000 word dissertation, and two elective modules
Please note: all modules run subject to demand and will only be offered where the size of the class is sufficient to foster an appropriate degree of interactive learning.
Ways to study
Each module is delivered through lectures and seminars. You will be expected to prepare before classes and participate, particularly in seminars in class discussions and exercises. For each module there are 40 contact hours, normally divided into ten hours of lectures and ten seminars.
We require a further 20 hours independent learning. You will be required to present and interact in seminars (and to some degree in lectures) and, of course, mandatory assessments are set within the first five weeks of each term.
Full-time
Our full-time Master of Laws (LLM) can be completed in 12 months.
Part-time
Our part-time Master of Laws (LLM) can be completed in 24 months.
